Indiana
Official Army Register
of the Volunteer Force
of the United States Army
for the Years 1861, ’62, ’63, ’64, ’65.
Part VI.
Indiana – Illinois
Published by Order of
the Secretary of War,
in Compliance with the
Joint Resolution of the Senate
and House of
Representatives, approved March 2,
1865.
Adjutant General’s
Office, Washington, August 31, 1865, pp. 1-2.
Indiana Light Artillery.
Independent Batteries.
Fifth Battery.
(This battery was organized at Indianapolis,
Ind.,
November 22, 1861, to serve three years.
The original members (except veterans) were
mustered out November 26, 1864,
by reason of expiration of term of service, and
the veterans
and recruits transferred to the 7th
Indiana battery.)
(The official list of battles in which this
battery
bore an honorable part is not yet published in
orders.)
Captain.
Alfred Morrison
1 Aug., 64
First Lieutenant.
George H.
Briggs
16 Nov., 63
Second Lieutenants.
Jacob F. Ellison
1 July, 63
Daniel H. Chandler
1 July, 64
Casualties.
Resigned,
(3.)
First Lieut. Henry Rankin
September 9, 1863.
Second Lieut. Gordon Simons
November 30, 1862.
Second Lieut. Mundy Allen
April 20, 1863.
Died,
(1.)
Captain Peter Simonson
Killed in action near Marietta, Ga., June 16,
1864.
Note:
This roster of
officers is given as it stood on the day of muster out.
Information obtained at the National
Archives, Washington, DC
Contributed by: Mark Anderson
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